Gross outpatient revenue at hospitals has been on a steady rise over the past several years and is outpacing inpatient revenue. In 2010, gross revenue from outpatient procedures totaled $887.4 billion, which was up 10.5 percent from 2009.
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare recently signed a new multi-year agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois that will include health coverage at two of Tenet's St. Louis-based hospitals — Des Peres Hospital and Saint Louis University Hospital, according to a…
Nineteen hospital associations recently wrote a letter (pdf) to President Barack Obama urging him to use his budget proposal to Congress to address Sec. 3141 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an Inside Health Policy report.
More than two years ago, Philadelphia-based Lower Bucks Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the hospital has recently paid off its $70 million in debt, according to a Bucks County Courier Times report.
In a 6-2 vote, the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed the California Universal Health Care Act, which would establish a single-payor healthcare system, and sent it to the Senate floor for approval, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
During the economic recession, Mississippi hospitals contributed roughly $11.9 billion toward the state economy, according to a report from the Mississippi Hospital Association.
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $158 million to Texas to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud, according to a news release from the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. An investigation found J&J’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, engaged in…
Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross, Ga., has paid $840,000 to settle federal allegations that it submitted Medicare claims for unnecessary procedures, according to a Florida Times-Union report.
An analysis has found Medicare cuts to hospitals could cost 278,000 jobs overall by 2021, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association. H.R. 3630, which extends the Social Security tax holiday, unemployment insurance and Medicare physician payment…
Today is the deadline for hospitals to submit accountable care organization applications to CMS for the April 1 start date. The acceptance period began Dec. 1. This round of applications will be either approved or denied no later than March…